This discussion seems to have gone from "What do people expect" - which is about
marketing, to "what do people want?" - which is about requirements. The
authoritative answer to the latter is the ebXML Requirements Spec.
Regarding the list of topics which Bob Haugen sent out in a recent message:
* deliver full UML models from business process to basic
components;
* be compatible with X12 and EDIFACT;
* deliver something simple right now that small businesses
who cannot even afford PC's (now $600) can use.
This comes closer to a requirements list than a marketing list, but still isn't
completely correct for CCs or the rest of ebXML, either...
I think what William is asking for is what some refer to as "the value
proposition". Perhaps this discussion might yield what he is suggesting if the
focus is put there.
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Michael C. Rawlins, Rawlins EC Consulting
www.rawlinsecconsulting.com